Judges

We would like to thank our judges for 2012 for not only giving their time to review all the entries, but also for their expertise and advice in pulling together the category criteria.

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  Julie Eden

  Owner of Coffee & Co

  Julie owns the popular Coffee & Co restaurant in the centre of Newmarket and is Chair of the Newmarket Retailers Association. She was voted Business Personality of the Year 2010 and Retailer of the Year 2009 and 2010 with NDCC.

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  Mark Wetall

  Sales Manager with Archant Anglia

  Mark says the best part of his job is that he can meet people in business, talk about their companies and products, and look for solutions to help them grow. He is also very interested in engaging with young people in order to give them the best possible start in their careers.

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  Matthew Darroch-Thompson

  Mole Projects

  Matthew has many years of business experience, has worked for public companies and for not-for-profit Social Enterprises as well as creating his own businesses. He writes on the digital world for several publications.

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  Michael Robinson

  Owner of New Market Communications

  Mike has over forty years journalistic experience in print, radio, television and corporate affairs. His career with the BBC spanned over 20-years before leaving the corporation in the early 90s to launch New Market Communication, now a leading East Anglia-based communication and training consultancy. The company provides executive level communication support andtraining to a broad client portfolio as well as producing broadcast qualityaudio and audio-visual material for websites.

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  Paul Sullivan

  Senior Manager Commercial for Lloyds Banking Group

  Paul joined Lloyds in 1984 and has spent the last 14 years working in the Commercial division, he has a team of 9 Relationship Managers across 6 towns and between them they look after 2000 businesses ranging from start ups to those with a turnover of £5m.